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Defence Mountain

Date released

31 Mar 1966

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

66/26

NoS ID

112015

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Deep in the heart of the desert mountain in a science-fiction city, impregnable to atomic attack.

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Through Grandma’s Spectacles

Date released

21 Jan 1932

Series name

Pathe Sound Pictorial

Issue no

720

NoS ID

114132

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Fact may be stranger than fiction, but it’s not half so amusing, as can be seen by this little cameo, with the aid of our trick camera.

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Laser Beam

Date released

22 Dec 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/103

NoS ID

113385

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

The Laser Beam, far from being the death ray of science fiction, is proving one of the biggest potential aids to industry as demonstrated in Frankfurt.

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Trailer: Humpty Dumpty

Date released

4 Aug 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1052A

NoS ID

015868

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Humpty Dumpty Trailer (Or ‘Stranger Than Fiction). SHOTLIST: Pack Your Food Properly when posting

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Miss Honeywell

Date released

27 Jun 1968

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

705

NoS ID

122015

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: ... automation. Miss Honeywell, presented across three continents as a "life-like girl robot" by the world’s leading computer firm, puts on an act that pulls in the crowds. But is she...

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Army Innovations

Date released

12 Aug 1965

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

555

NoS ID

121675

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Science fiction has got nothing on the British Army as a visit to the Military Engineering Establishment at Christchurch, Hampshire, clearly shows. We see a weird and wonderful collection of...

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Flowers for Export

Date released

18 May 1959

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

229

NoS ID

120725

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Introducing the green-fingered men (not purple-eyed fugitives from the pages of science fiction) who have the happy knack of making things grow. First a visit to a nursery specialising in...

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TV Puppets From Thunderbirds

Date released

Apr 1966

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

47

NoS ID

327733

Story no

5 / 5

COI synopsis: Behind the scenes of the televised science fiction puppet show ‘Thunderbirds’.

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Gordon Richards - Does It!

Date released

9 Nov 1933

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

33/90

NoS ID

090932

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

On the world-famous Aintree course where he rode his first winner 13 years ago - where Fred Archer made his record and on the anniversary of that great jockey’s death - truly, truth is stranger than fiction.

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Sydney Showtime

Date released

6 Apr 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1818

NoS ID

025495

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sydney Showtime. DESCRIPTION: Sydney’s Royal Easter Show was in full swing, while Britain was still firmly in the grip of the wintry Spring. A Devon Bull took the title as Grand...

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